MiXED is a Bari LGBTQIA+ association with a room of its own on Via Abbrescia, in the Umbertino quarter just south of the centre. The space houses Mo.N.Di, an anti discrimination centre, and it is open to anyone meeting discrimination or exclusion, not only to members.
Two things run out of it. Caffe Safer is a drop in, multilingual, built around conversation, orientation and workshops, with somewhere to sit and no appointment needed. Alongside it there are individual sessions with psychologists, by appointment. Both are free and confidential.
The association also does the lighter half of community life: karaoke, film screenings and socialising groups. It founded the region's LGBTQIA+ choir, which grew out of the same association and now sings well beyond Bari.
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